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Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Memory stays fixed: 
$|++; while () 
{
  print '.';
  select undef,undef,undef,0.01;
}

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Memory use grows: 
$|++; re(); sub re
{
  print '.';
  select undef,undef,undef,0.01;

  re()
}

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What's going on?

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